Bill Text: VA SB427 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Information Technology and Management Internal Service Fund; established for VITA.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-20 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0285) [SB427 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-SB427-Prefiled.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 427 Offered January 11, 2012 Prefiled January 11, 2012 A BILL to amend and reenact §2.2-2013 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Information Technologies Agency; internal service funds. ---------- Patron-- Ruff ---------- Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That §2.2-2013 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§2.2-2013. Internal service funds.

A. There are is established the following internal service funds Information Technology and Management Internal Service Fund to be administered by VITA:.

1. The Automated Services Internal Service Fund to be used to finance automated systems design, development and testing services and staff of VITA;

2. The Computer Services Internal Service Fund to be used to finance computer operations and staff of VITA; and

3. The Telecommunication Services Internal Service Fund to be used to finance telecommunications operations and staff of VITA.

B. There is established the Acquisition Services Special Fund to be administered by VITA and used to finance procurement and contracting activities and programs unallowable for federal fund reimbursement.

C. Upon written request of the Chief Information Officer, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission may direct the Comptroller to establish internal service fund accounts on his books and record the receipts and expenditures for appropriate functions of VITA. Charges for services rendered sufficient to offset costs involved in these operations shall be established.

D. All users of services provided for in this chapter administered by VITA shall be assessed a surcharge, which shall be deposited in the appropriate fund. This charge shall be an amount sufficient to allow VITA to finance the operations and staff of the services offered.

D. E. Additional moneys necessary to establish these funds or provide for the administration of the activities of VITA may be advanced from the general account of the state treasury.

E. F. The CIO shall direct that the following activities be conducted with respect to VITA's internal service funds:

1. VITA shall establish fee schedules for the collection of fees from users when general fund appropriations are not available for the services rendered.

2. VITA shall develop and implement information, billing, and collections methods that will assist state agencies in analyzing and effectively managing their use of VITA's services, and which will allow VITA to forecast service demands and balances of its internal service funds.

3. By September 1 of each year, VITA shall submit biennial projections of future revenues and expenditures for each internal service fund and estimates of any anticipated changes to fee schedules to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission and the Department of Planning and Budget.

4. In the event that changes to fee schedules or rates are required, the CIO shall submit documentation to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission and the Department of Planning and Budget no later than September 1 prior to the fiscal year in which the new or revised rates are to take effect so that the impact of the rate changes can be considered for inclusion in the executive budget submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to §2.2-1508. In emergency circumstances, deviations from this approach shall be approved in advance by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.